Improved railway cattle-car



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Stock Car.

Patented Feb. 1, 1870.

No. V99.471.

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Stock Car.

No. 99,4% Paented Feb. 1, 1870'.

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CHARLES E. PIKE, OE PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSICNOR TO HENRY C. MAHU- RINAND CHARLES SMEAD, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

'Lette/rs Patent N0..99,471, dated Febwwry 1, 1870.

IMPROVED RAILWAY CATTLE-CAR.`

The Schedulereferred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern j Figure 2, an exterior elevation of the same, with side closed; e

Figure 3, a plan view of the car and Figure 4, a cross-section. My invention has forits object, the transportation of stock over Vrailways with Eincreased comfort.v

It consists in constructing the walls of stock-cars with open slats, over which an outer part of similar construction is made to Slide, in such a manner that the car' may be closed up, or opened, to allow a free l circulation of air, as'desired, according towhat the weather" may require for the comfort of4 the stock. The doors ofthe car are made to slide inthe outer part.

Also, in partitions constructed of wire net-work, so as to allow a freeeirculat-ion of air, and furnished with pin-tles, upon which they turn,'and which can he inserted in holes in iron bars at the top and bottom of the car, thus enabling the partitions to be adjusted at any distance apart, according to the size of theanimals.

O represents the slats, of which the walls of the car are constructed, with openings, 0', between them.

N represents the slats ofthe outer' part. This Vouter partis held to the wall by the strips N N", forming grooves, in which the Outer' part slides 'such a distance that the slats N may be made to coincide with the inner slats O, or cover the open spaces O', as desired, either to ventilate the car; or, in case of cold or stormy weather, to close it.

Either side or end of the car may be opened or closed by itself, according to the direction of the wind, without effecting the other parts ofthe car.

tached to the outer sliding portion the car.

F are the partitions formed of wire net-work, as shown.

The p'osts fare formed with pintles, G H, at their upper and lower extremities, which pintles turn in holes, W, formed in the iron bars E E', which bars are placed in the upper part of the car, and in the oor D. The partition can thus be turned back like a gate,

to give room for the animal to take its proper place after which it is swung into the position shown in tig.

1, and is fastened by the holt I, which enters a hole, W, in the bar of the bars'lE, and E", as shown, the purpose of which will presently appear.

The pintle H is made long enough to permit the partition or gate F to be raised np and removed, thus allowing the car to be used for ordinary freight. By the sa-me means the'gates are adjusted to any of the above-mentioned holes in the iron bars, according to the distances apart they are required to be, to accommodate stock of different sizes. i

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The outer sliding wall of a stock-car, Constructed as shown and described; in combination with the slid-y ing doors K, as and for the purpose liereinhefore set forth.

2. The adj nstahle partitions F, constructed of wire net-work, and furnished with pintles G and H, and bolts I, in combination with the iron bars E, E', and E", as and forthe purpose shown and described.

CHARLES F. PIKE.

Witnesses:

LUCIEN W. PALMER, EDGAR G. WINDSOR.

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